Anybody know how to...?

Hi All, Just a quick question to rattle your brains I'm going on a week's holidays to Portugal (lucky me ) on the first week of June, and I am thinking of doing piggyback shots with my 300D on the Meade ETX 70, problem is I have no way of securing the camera on top of this, I have a set of rings for a celestron C102HD 4 inch refractor, but they are too big, are there any 'rings' that can wrap around the tube assembly and can house a screw thread to put the camera on? :

Thanks,
Keith..

Keith - have a look at the bottom of this page for tjhe ETX 70 piggy back mount by Scopetronix. $43 plus shipping isn't bad. It'll fit 35mm cameras.

www.scopetronix.com/etx60acc.htm

Cheers

Dave McD

It's not pretty but if your in a jam a roll duct/gaffer/insulation tape will do the trick. Just criss-cross it a few times around the camera to the scope and it should hold for a nights shooting.

Enjoy your trip.

I got rings for my 4" Mak from Greenwitch that had a tripod screw on top. You could drop them a mail and see if they have something that would suit. www.greenwich-observatory.co.uk/

Cheers,
~Al

Keith - have a look at the bottom of this page for tjhe ETX 70 piggy back mount by Scopetronix. $43 plus shipping isn't bad. It'll fit 35mm cameras.

www.scopetronix.com/etx60acc.htm

Cheers

Dave McD

Heith,
I got one of these and its very handy.
The counter balance weight come in very usefull also,

Gents, Thanks! Much appreciated, I feel a bit better now

Keith..